øjeRum, Reversed Cathedral (2022)

Cyclic Law, based in France, occupies an important space as a purveyor of dark ambient and experimental music. And this label’s releases are genuinely experimental, too, rather than simply sounding eclectic in ways which themselves soon become pretty predictable. There’s often a sense of mystery to what CL releases, if that’s not overstating it. And […]

Neraterræ – Scenes From The Sublime

Whilst it’s quite usual to hear of albums which are based on, or influenced by cinema or literature, it’s still a rarity to find albums which hinge entirely upon art. Neraterræ – the musical project of Alessio Antoni – has recently released an album which does just that, taking for its inspiration a range of […]

Lamia Vox: Alles ist Ufer. Ewig ruft das Meer (2020)

Based in Russia, one-woman ambient project Lamia Vox has been recording for some years now, with first album Sigillum Diaboli emerging in 2013. Magical belief and practice have always underpinned Alina Antonova’s work; with the new release Alles ist Ufer, however, the literary and occult influences are broader in nature, tending towards the idea of […]